Collar-button.



S. RIPPE.

COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 21. 191e.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Application filed October 27, 1916. Serial No. 128,023.

To all f wwm t may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, SOLOMON Birra, a citizen of the United States, residing at Little Rock, in the county of Pulaski andA State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Buttons, oi which the following is a specification.

lIhis invention relates to a collar button designed expressly to secure the back of a collar of the rolled over type to tlie back of the neck band, the object of the invention being the easy drawal of the necktie through the collar.

Much of the diiculty in drawing ties through collars of this type is due to their catching on the head of the button or being pressed by the button head into close frictional Contact With the collar, the button hea-d acting practically as a friction brake on the tie. This is entirely avoided in the type of button invented by me.

In the accomnanying drawings,

Figure l is a face elevation of one of the buttons in position, an outer member of the collar and the tie being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a face or plan View of the button.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 41--4 of Fig. 3.

In constructing the button I employ a rectangular frame l and Within said frame and arranged centrally along its major axisv is a roller 2. Midway the ends of the frame and on its inner face the side members are connected by a. yoke 3 which carries a button 4t. Prongs 5 are Carried by the frame on said inner `face.

My button is placed in position the reverse of` that usually occupied by collar buttons. In Figs. l and 2 A is the outer member oi the collar, B the inner member havving the button hole, C the shirt neckband,

and D the tie.

The button is placed in the collar first, and then the tie placed Vin position extending transverse to and across the roller 2. The collar is then put on, the button head VHi being inserted `in the usual button hole o1 the neck band C.

The button is placed With its long axis Vertical, or transverse to the tie, and is held from turning by the prongs 5 penetrating the collar member B and neck band, but

terminating at and not passing through the latter.

As the tie rides on the roller 2 it Will draw` easily through the collar.

What I claim is l. A button comprising an oblong frame, roller mounted in the frame and on the line of its major axis, a yoke carried midway the ends of the frame and on its inner face, a button carried by the yoke, and prongs carriedA by said inner face of thc frame. y

2. A collar button` comprising a rectangu lar frame, a rollerV arranged on the longitudinal axis of the frame, a yoke at right angles to and straddling said roller, and a button head carried by the yoke.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SOLOMON RIPPE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingvthe Commissioner of'Patentis, Washington, D. C.

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